I am officially twenty six years old and it was the most wonderful birthday. Nothing big or spectacular happened but it was all the little things that reminded me that that is what life is all about, and now I would like to share them with you.
Last night we got 13+ inches of snow and while most people were groaning I loved the winter wonderland.
That being said, the snow did produce a few problems. As I was driving home a little after midnight last night I pulled over to help a stranded motorist. A high school age boy pulled over to help at the same time as I did and we got to pushing the car out of a snow drift. The motorist was extremely rude and vulgar which made me quickly start to question my decision to pull over. This boy helping could not have been more than 17, yet he was so patient, so kind, and so helpful. I didn't catch his name, probably wouldn't even recognize him if I saw him again, but his example of charity overwhelmed me. It set the perfect mood of humility for my birthday.
My morning meeting was cancelled....so I got to sleep in.
One of my best friends who is serving a mission in Brazil had her Pday on my birthday, even thought it's normally on Monday, so I got a birthday email from her.
Garden House was serving my favorite soup. There is no rhyme or reason (to my knowledge) of why they cook what soups when.
The Chargers' (my favorite NFL team) blog on December 4th was written by Brad Sorensen (an SUU Alum!)
Fountain drinks on campus, because I'm a Diet Coke addict, were 25% percent off.
I got to Skype with my brother and his family who live in Texas. I'm normally in class or working when my brother's kids are awake so catching all of them was a gem.
I had a great group of friends meet me for dinner at Pizza Factory. It just happened to be their 40th anniversary so all of our dinner's were 40% off.
My roommates bought me a tiara and sash to wear to said dinner.
These are just a few as I received calls, texts, tweets, and posts from so many friends and family members. Life isn't about the big moments, it's the little things we need take note of. If my 26th year of life continues on this track I'll consider myself pretty blessed.
Yay for birthday miracles! I must be honest, I saw it was your birthday on facebook but it's my strict policy not to wish people happy birthday on facebook (or at all, actually, but that's another comment for another post). But I do check the birthdays on fb everyday. Not to be nice, I may have told you this already, but it's to see if I know them or not, and if I don't--or if I just don't want to be friends with them anymore--I delete them as a friend.
ReplyDeleteTo re-emphasize: I defriend them. On their birthday.
And ya know, when I saw it was your birthday I thought for a minute of breaking my policy and wishing you well. In the end I decided against it (mmmm.....more I just got caught up reading a fb debate about vaccines and autism), but I did want you to see that yet another year has passed and I have not defriended you on facebook. Happy birthday, indeed!
Mi hija, A wonderful post from a wonderful young lady. Love, Pappy
ReplyDeleteThis is a gem. Sounds like a great birthday and I love that I was a part of it. Ha!
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